Carolina Waterfowl Rescue is a 501 (c) (3) charitable organization and donations are eligible for tax deduction
as allowed by law. CWR is an all-volunteer group
so 100% of your donation does directly to
providing food and medicine for birds in
need.

The
News

Here are a few things we made the news
for.........

We
assisted Mecklenburg Parks with a Humane
Goose Management Plan at Freedom Park.
We removed domestic ducks from the park
and found homes for them free of charge.

We
were called in to assist with a hoarder
in South Carolina receiving over 60 ill
and injured birds

We
took in over 40 birds from a hoarder in
Waxhaw, NC all migratory songbirds and
native reptiles.

Assisted the city of Pineville with
removal of close to 300 non native ducks
from the city and parks.

We
assisted with the removal and provided
placement for over two hundred nuisance ducks at a local
shopping center in the university area.

Each
year on average we assist with 3
seizure/hoarder cases

We
assist wildlife authorities on criminal
cases and provide placement for numerous
birds each year so they can prevent
euthanasia.

We
give lectures and teach classes at
several conferences and zoos each year
for waterfowl rehabilitation and non
profit topics.

In
2009 we helped 932 birds. Over 600
of them were wild migratory birds.
The remaining birds were exotic or
domestic birds we removed from wildlife
habitats or provided needed shelter and
medical care.

In
2010 we assisted law enforcement
officials with a raid on the Butterball
Turkey plant that resulted in multuple
arrests and convictions of a corrupt
USDA official.

We
are a no kill facility no animal has
ever been euthanized to make space.

You've heard
the news now hear the stories from the
animals who get help!

Loon that
crash landed on the ground was
treated for dehydration and
abrasions. He was set later
set free!

Cormorant was
run over by a boat. He had
spinal and pelvic trauma and
received medical care here.

Scaup hit a
building in uptown Charlotte and was
found laying on the loading dock
unable to move. He received
head trauma and internal injuries
but was successfully released.

Kingfisher hit
a window and had severe head trauma.
His mate called and called for him
since kingfishers mate for life we
were able to return him back to his
lifelong companion after a short
treatment.

Greater
Shearwater made the bird records for
the state for the farthest inland
pelagic bird. He was severely
emaciated and dehydrated. We
stabilized him and transported him
to a facility that handles salt
water birds.

Mother duck
trying to defend her babies had her
bill ripped off by a predator.
She was given a safe haven here and
a special diet that she can self
feed with her missing bill.

White birds
are often released at events and
they starve and die. Birds
raised improperly and released into
the wild can introduce disease and
bacteria into native bird
populations. We treated these
birds for parasites and emaciation
and found them a captive home.

Baby great
blue heron fell out of his nest in a
storm and fractured his wing.

We get
transferred many birds from other
facilities who lack the expertise,
caging or funds to house fish eating
or water birds. This bird was
sent to us by another facility where
we finished his rehab and set him
free!

Canada Geese
shot with an arrow. Fully
recovered and able to go back to his
family.

Green heron
fell from his nest during a storm
and had a fractured wing and severe
head trauma. He was successfully
released.

One of our
volunteers found this injured turtle
on the way to a rescue. We got him
stable and transferred him to a
expert turtle rehabilitator.

Nestling
Yellow Billed Cuckoo, was supposed
to be a duck but obviously not.
We were able to stabilize him and
keep him fed until he was able to be
transferred. He was
successfully released by the
Columbia Wildlife Center.

Wood ducks
come to us from all over the state.
We have perfected the techniques for
raising them and have close to a 90%
success rate with incoming orphans.
(many other places have 5-10%
success rate)

Sandhill Crane
going under anesthesia being treated
for injuries from being shot.

Freedom!
oiled geese released on private
property where they wont be a
nuisance to anyone.

One of our
volunteers found this frog injured
by the road on the way to a rescue.
We treated her injured and infected
eye and successfully released her.

One of many
gulls we see each year. This one a
victim of the dreaded fishing line
injury.

A peahen
roaming the neighborhood terrorizing
people and damaging cars. We
found her a safe home with other
peacocks.

American Coot,
victim of fishing line.

Pigeons raised
as pets and set free. They were
following people into their houses
and flying down on peoples shoulders
and heads.

Woodpeckers
brought here to be stabilized in the
middle of the night after their tree
fell down in a storm. Mom was killed
so we got them warm and fed and
transferred them to another
facility.

One of our
larger rescue efforts.

Pekin duck
(domestic) abandoned at a pond with
his mate. Someone ran them
over and his mate was killed. He
laid there bleeding as car after car
drove around him. He received
the medical care and safe home he
needed here at the rescue.